Vietnamese
Etymology
tờ (“sheet”) + mây (“cloud”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [təː˨˩ məj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [təː˦˩ məj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [təː˨˩ məj˧˧]
Noun
(classifier bức) tờ mây
- (obsolete) a kind of paper for writing letters, said to have cloud patterns as decoration
- (by extenstion, obsolete, probably literary when it was in use) a letter